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NCAA declares Michigan QB Jack Tuttle eligible for 2024 season

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February 17, 2024

NCAA declares Michigan QB Jack Tuttle eligible for 2024 season

Before Michigan’s national championship game, backup quarterback Jack Tuttle, who had transferred from Indiana before the 2023 season, had filed paperwork with the NCAA hoping to be granted an additional year.

If it didn’t come through, Tuttle said the next step would be to launch his coaching career.

That backup plan is on hold. Tuttle posted on social media Saturday night: “So many memories and great people. The journey continues” followed by a blue heart. Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Kirk Campbell shared Tuttle’s post and added a “Yes sir” and a saluting emoji.

Michigan spokesman Dave Ablauf on Saturday confirmed to The Detroit News that Tuttle, 24, was cleared for the additional year of eligibility and plans to be back for the upcoming season, his seventh.

This is a positive development for Michigan which, will spend the offseason looking for a replacement for J.J. McCarthy, who was 27-1 as a starter the last two season and helped lead Michigan to a national championship last month as a junior. McCarthy declared for the NFL Draft.

Tuttle (6-foot-4, 210 pounds) was 15-of-17 for 130 yards and a touchdown last season at Michigan and ran four times for 35 yards as McCarthy’s primary backup along with Alex Orji.

He began his college career at Utah in 2018 but didn’t play and transferred to Indiana. Voted a captain at IU in 2022, the fifth-year senior played one game before suffering a season-ending injury. Tuttle told The Detroit News this year in Houston before the national title game that he was “in the process” of attempting to secure another season of eligibility.

“Basically, my goal has always been to be a player or coach at the highest level possible and reach a championship in college and a championship in pros,” Tuttle said at the time. “Whatever that means for me, whether I get to play another year here or I get to coach, I’m excited to do it. I’m going to attack whatever I get to do and have opportunity to do.”

During the team media day before the national title game in Houston, Campbell, who was promoted to offensive coordinator under first-year coach Sherrone Moore entering this season, was asked how he had seen the rest of his quarterback room, not including McCarthy, improve in 2023.

“Every single one in that room has taken a step way in the positive direction,” Campbell said. “Jack Tuttle, he’s a veteran guy, came from this spread offense and coming into more of an under-center, play-action, pro-style offense. So just learning a lot there. Alex Orji, his fundamentals, footwork, timing is insane in his development. Jayden Denegal might be the most improved player on the entire roster. Great accuracy, huge future for him. Then you throw in Davis Warren, he went through some injuries this year, but his footwork, cleaning up some of that stuff and he’s playing on time and playing as confident and fast as you can.

“So summarizing that all, it would be the confidence of the group. Understanding pre-snap what we’re going to probably get post-snap and be able to execute once that ball is snapped.”

Freshman Jadyn Davis, a four-star out of Charlotte (N.C.) Providence Day, was with the team during the CFP run as an early enrollee and will go through spring practice.

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European theater chain buying Emagine Entertainment, including 9 Michigan locations

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November 4, 2025

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European theater chain buying Emagine Entertainment, including 9 Michigan locations

A European theater chain, Kinepolis Group, is acquiring the Troy-based Emagine Entertainment.
The deal is valued at $105 million and is expected to be finalized by the end of the year.

A European theater chain is buying Troy-based Emagine Entertainment.

Kinepolis Group, a Belgian company, announced on Tuesday, Nov. 4, that it plans to acquire 14 Emagine theaters in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin and finalize the $105 million deal by the end of the year.

The deal is for 100% of Emagine’s business, according to a news release, and the theaters will continue to operated under the Emagine brand name.

Crain’s Detroit reported that Glantz and his family own about 36% of Emagine.

Not all of the 28 theater locations listed on Emagine’s website are included in the deal, as about half are operated by third parties.

The Kinepolis Group previously acquired the MJR Digital Cinemas chain in 2019 and continued to operate those theaters under the MJR brand.

“Kinepolis has a reputation for operating exceptionally well-run cinemas both in Europe and in North America,” Glantz said in the news release. “Their commitment to providing guests with an unforgettable movie experience makes them the ideal suitor to continue the stewardship of Emagine into the future.”

Glantz was not available for additional comment Tuesday morning.

“With the acquisition of Emagine Entertainment, we are back on track with the execution of our expansion strategy since the pandemic,” Eddy Duquenne, CEO of Kinepolis Group, said in a statement. “We do this with a high-quality asset in a market where we have had positive experiences with our Kinepolis concepts. The location and size of the cinemas make them a valuable addition to the Group’s portfolio, allowing us to expand our presence in the US market and strengthen our national structure.”

The news release says Emagine’s theaters have about 6 million visitors a year and do nearly $129 million in revenue.

Michigan theaters not included in the deal are The Riviera Cinema in Farmington Hills and Emagine Woodhaven, which operate under the Emagine brand but are managed by third parties through a brand licensing agreement, the news release says.

The theaters that are in the deal are:

Michigan

Emagine Canton
Emagine Royal Oak
Emagine Hartland
Emagine Birch Run
Emagine Saline
Emagine Novi
Emagine Macomb
Emagine Rochester Hills
Quality 10 Powered by Emagine (Saginaw)

Illinois:

Emagine Frankfort
Emagine Batavia

Indiana:

Emagine Noblesville
Emagine Portage

Wisconsin:

Check back to Freep.com for more on this developing story.

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Michigan defenseman Henry Mews suffers season-ending injury

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November 3, 2025

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Michigan defenseman Henry Mews suffers season-ending injury

Michigan hockey freshman defenseman Henry Mews suffered a season-ending injury, the team announced Monday.

“University of Michigan defenseman Henry Mews has suffered a season-ending injury, prematurely ending his freshman season with the Wolverines,” a team spokesperson wrote in an email.

Early in the first period Saturday against Notre Dame, Mews took a knee-on-knee hit from Fighting Irish forward Sutter Muzzatti behind Michigan’s net. Mews laid on the ice for several seconds before he was able to get to the bench under his own power, unable to put much weight on his left leg. Mews immediately went down the tunnel and did not return to the game.

“Obviously you don’t want to lose a guy like that,” junior forward Nick Moldenhauer said Saturday postgame. “He’s an unbelievable player. But I think it just made us want to win that game even more for him. They injure one of your better D-men and power-play guys, you want to go out there and win it for him. That was just a little bit of extra fire for us to move forward.”

Mews’ loss is enormous for the Wolverines. The Calgary Flames draft pick was central to Michigan’s early success this year. A dynamic offensive defenseman, Mews was a key puck-mover for the Wolverines and played the point on Michigan’s first-ranked power play. Through 10 games, he had nine points. The Wolverines’ depth will be tested to replace him and his production.

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Michigan star RB Justice Haynes to undergo surgery for foot injury

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November 2, 2025

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Michigan star RB Justice Haynes to undergo surgery for foot injury

If Michigan football is going to stay within striking distance of Ohio State going into its regular-season finale, it will have to do so without star running back Justice Haynes, it appears.

The junior is set to undergo surgery on his right foot this week, two sources familiar with the situation but granted anonymity since they’re not permitted to speak on the situation publicly, confirmed to the Free Press on Sunday, Nov. 2.

The expectation around the program is that Haynes will use U-M’s bye week to rest, and sit against both Northwestern and Maryland, but he could be back in action against the Buckeyes on Nov. 29.

Haynes, who joined the program as an offseason transfer from Alabama, injured his foot late in the Wolverines’ 31-20 victory over Michigan State in East Lansing on Oct. 25. Against the Spartans, he ran for 152 yards and two touchdowns. Haynes was sidelined for U-M’s 21-16 victory over Purdue on Nov. 1 and was seen on the field wearing a boot on his right foot while riding a scooter.

Haynes has been a star for U-M in his first season in Ann Arbor, setting new career marks in carries (121), rushing yards (857), yards per carry (7.1) and touchdowns (10). In the six games he has finished, he has amassed at least 100 yards rushing and a touchdown.

Haynes’ only other appearance for Michigan, against USC in October, featured 10 rushes for 51 yards before he left in the second quarter with an injury to his midsection. That kept him out of the following week’s win over Washington.

Without Haynes, the Wolverines will turn to Jordan Marshall, the redshirt freshman who has shined in Haynes’s absence.

Marshall has run 124 times for 729 yards (5.9 yards per carry) and eight touchdowns. That includes three straight games with more than 100 yards – vs. Washington (133), Michigan State (110) and a career-high against Purdue (185) when he also scored all three touchdowns for the Wolverines.

Michigan is off this week before hitting the road to face Northwestern on Nov. 15 at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Tony Garcia is the Wolverines beat writer for the Detroit Free Press. Email him at apgarcia@freepress.com and follow him on X at @RealTonyGarcia.

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